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The Vines (The Big House), Liverpool
Liverpool
L1 1JQ
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Reviews of The Vines (The Big House) (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Rob Hunter left this review about The Vines (The Big House)
Visited in March this year on a Friday. Six hand pulls at the bar, all on, offering Theakston Quencher, TT Golden Best, Lancaster Blonde, Shropshire Gold, Neptune Mako and Lilley's Elderflower. A half of the Mako set me back £2.10 for a half, and like the Crown, there was only one beer really tempting me.
A bit more rustic than the Crown but no worse for it, wood panelling dominates the walls, there are etched windows, impressive plaster ceiling in deep red and nicotine yellow. The interior wood panelling contains stained glass. Various pieces of taxidermy dotted around. There is a nice fireplace with a big candle in it.
Not sure if full meals are served but a chalkboard listed hot pies and sausage rolls.
A billiards room, lounge bar and smoking room are signed behind the bar.
I think the Vines just has the edge over the Crown for me, but both are worthy of a visit and they are conveniently close to each other.
On 7th September 2026
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1004 recommendations about 751 pubs]
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Strongers . left this review about The Vines (The Big House)
There are four entrances to the Vines, but two were secured by gates and another had a no entry sign on it so all visitors are directed into the right-hand bare boarded bar where there’s lots of wood panelling and stuffed animals, including a massive deer’s head above a tiled fireplace in the middle of the front wall. A curved L-shaped serving counter with an impressive carved wooden back bar sits on the rear wall, I counted six hand pumps, four of which were in use drawing Kirkstall’s Three Swords, Salopian’s Shropshire Gold, Theakston’s Quencher and a cider offering from Lilleys. There was some very low background music playing, which I didn’t really see the point of. A corridor behind the bar leads to a larger left-hand bar with a mosaic tiled floor and more wood panelling, and stuffed animals. The counter up the right supports four hand pumps that were drawing Titanic’s Plum Porter, Ossett’s Blonde and White Rat alongside Black Sheep. Up the left is some seating and a fireplace separates this bar area from a banquette seating area to the left. At the rear is a doorway to the large open plan Billiard Room where a bar on the left-hand wall faces rows of high tables. Raised seating runs across the rear, this feels like it is used as a stage when required. A log fire was crackling away on the front wall by the entrance and on the right-hand wall a television was airing muted snooker via BBC. The wood panelling in here is more impressive that the two smaller bars and in the ceiling is a stained glass skylight. The four hand pumps on the counter were badged with the same four ales as the left-hand bar, but it was not in use during my recent Monday afternoon visit. This pub wasn’t actually on my visit list due to its low rating, but it’s an impressive pub and I’m glad that I took a punt.
On 12th May 2025
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about The Vines (The Big House)
Well, I wrote "what a pity there's no real ale" when I was here in 2019, so I have to give it a bump this time, because my Salopian Shropshire Gold was at least NBSS 3, and possibly 3.5. Service was a bit perfunctory, but kids today, eh? Anyway, it's definitely great to see a pub like this given a bit of an enthusiastic shove in the right direction.
On 20th May 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 4910 recommendations about 4493 pubs]
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Liverpool Central Loop Line, 0.17 miles, 3 min walk (show)
Liverpool Lime Street, 0.24 miles, 4 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Bar Billiards : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes - Pavement seating Lime St. - last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
- Function Room : Yes last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
- Jukebox : No last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 29 February 2016 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 21 February 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 13 November 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by Al Bundy
